/

Product design, patient app, website

Parcel Health

Booking a GP in three taps, not thirty

Booking a GP in three taps, not thirty

Sector

Healthcare

Location

Manchester, UK

Year

2026

Duration

16 weeks

A GP booking app for a group of 38 practices. Patients were phoning at 8am and waiting on hold for the chance of an appointment.

A GP booking app for a group of 38 practices. Patients were phoning at 8am and waiting on hold for the chance of an appointment.

A GP booking app for a group of 38 practices. Patients were phoning at 8am and waiting on hold for the chance of an appointment.

Product design, patient app, website

The problem

The problem

The old app hid booking three screens deep, and half of patients gave up and phoned instead. Reception teams spent their mornings on hold queues.

The old app hid booking three screens deep, and half of patients gave up and phoned instead. Reception teams spent their mornings on hold queues.

What we did

What we did

We put the next free appointment on the first screen, cut booking to three taps, and designed it with patients over 70 in the room at every round of testing.

We put the next free appointment on the first screen, cut booking to three taps, and designed it with patients over 70 in the room at every round of testing.

Draft to final

Drag to compare

FinalDraft 03Draft 03Final
↔

Results

61%

61%

61%

of bookings now online

3 taps

3 taps

3 taps

to book a GP

9 min

9 min

9 min

8am phone wait, down from 40

Online bookings went from 22% to 61% of all appointments in six months. The 8am phone queue at the busiest practice dropped from 40 minutes to 9.

My mum booked her own appointment for the first time in years. That's the review I care about.

My mum booked her own appointment for the first time in years. That's the review I care about.

My mum booked her own appointment for the first time in years. That's the review I care about.

Dr Ruth Adeyemi, Clinical Director, Parcel Health

Credits

Creative direction: Ines Moreau Product design: Lior Katz, Amelia Brandt Research: Hana Okoye Engineering partner: Parcel in-house team

Next project →

Tally Field

Create a free website with Framer, the website builder loved by startups, designers and agencies.